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Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« on: March 04, 2016, 08:49:28 PM »
Just purchased a portable toilet and unsure what chemicals to buy.

What do people use and does it keep the smell down  ;D

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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2016, 09:00:09 PM »
Mark,
Which one did you buy ?


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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2016, 09:05:01 PM »
We use this.

Have tried nappysan etc which is cheap etc but have found this one to be far better at controlling any odours. About $20-25 for 1L. Worth it I say.
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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2016, 09:08:35 PM »
In the van we just use Homebrand Napisan.
Its cheap and works fine, but the main reason we use it is because its biodegradable, and we can dump it without stuffing up the environment.
We tend to do most of our trips away from the crowds and the Mrs really only uses it for number ones.
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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2016, 09:09:54 PM »
We have used all sorts with napisan being the worst and thetford blue being the best but any strong smelling specific portapoti chemical has been acceptable......just ;)
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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2016, 09:17:58 PM »

It will be used for no1 and no2 and no3 also  ;D

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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2016, 09:27:44 PM »
Quote from: DannyG on March 04, 2016, 09:09:54 PM
We have used all sorts with napisan being the worst and thetford blue being the best but any strong smelling specific portapoti chemical has been acceptable......just ;)
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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2016, 09:29:13 PM »
Quote from: McGirr on March 04, 2016, 09:17:58 PM
It will be used for no1 and no2 and no3 also  ;D

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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2016, 09:57:39 PM »
Tried most brands and Napisan and now only buy Thetford blue and red. Not the cheapest option but absolutely the best IMO.
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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2016, 05:15:46 AM »
We use Aqua Kem Blue Sachets. I wait for them to come on special,at BCF Anaconda etc and buy a few containers. I got some a few months back for $22 each.

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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2016, 05:26:32 AM »
We use Aqua Kem Green (allegedly more environmentally considerate than the blue -not sure about that though) both for the camper trailer potti and the one on the boat.   As long as you put sufficient chemical in them there should be no odour.
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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2016, 06:15:37 AM »
We've tried everything.
Blue satchels not bad, but we use the aqua Chem blue., 3 years on the road travelling it's the only that works properly
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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2016, 06:21:31 AM »
I use napisan and have no real issues with it.

The key is to find a brand with a high level of sodium percarbonate, around 35 %

Most are around 20-22%

3 caps in to start and a bit in the flush tank and then 1/2 a cap each day and we don't really have any issues with smell or breakdown.


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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2016, 06:25:44 AM »
Quote from: glenm64 on March 04, 2016, 09:08:35 PM
In the van we just use Homebrand Napisan.
Its cheap and works fine, but the main reason we use it is because its biodegradable, and we can dump it without stuffing up the environment.
We tend to do most of our trips away from the crowds and the Mrs really only uses it for number ones.

How is napisan environmentally friendly?  Isn't it just a bunch of chemicals?  Please educate me?

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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« Reply #15 on: March 05, 2016, 06:37:28 AM »
I've found the Thetford chemicals to be the best.
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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« Reply #16 on: March 05, 2016, 06:41:06 AM »
We use some blue stuff we get from the chandlery for the boat in our camper crapper.

Not cheap, but seems to break down ok and keeps the gagging to a minimum when ya tipping the crap out.

No smell in the boat either, but we just load the torpedo tubes and fire away. 
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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« Reply #17 on: March 05, 2016, 06:43:03 AM »
Quote from: oldmate on March 04, 2016, 09:27:44 PM
We have used all sorts with napisan being the worst and thetford blue being the best but any strong smelling specific portapoti chemical has been acceptable......just ;)
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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« Reply #18 on: March 05, 2016, 07:02:39 AM »
    Re the Companion product,it is available in 5ltr containers.
    Special orders @ BCF. If you are prepared to wait, free shipping to your place of order (ie.your BCF store)
    Price works out a lot cheaper than quoted above, or was when I purchased it.
    Might have to pre-pay for the product though.


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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« Reply #19 on: March 05, 2016, 09:36:05 AM »
Jimmys Thunderbox with safe to use bags or for the ports potti I use the blue
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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« Reply #20 on: March 05, 2016, 10:42:42 AM »
Quote from: KingBilly on March 05, 2016, 06:25:44 AM
How is napisan environmentally friendly?  Isn't it just a bunch of chemicals?  Please educate me?

KB

For starters, everything you eat/drink/what you are made up of is chemicals. So not all are bad and they can re-combine quickly in the right conditions to make something that will kill you, or does nothing.
Drinking petrol will kill you, but burn it and you get CO2 (and a bit of CO) and Water, which are important components of beer.

From wikipedia:
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As an oxidizing agent, sodium percarbonate is an ingredient in a number of home and laundry cleaning products, including non-chlorine bleach products such as OxiClean, Tide laundry detergent,[1] and Vanish.[6] Dissolved in water, it yields a mixture of hydrogen peroxide (which eventually decomposes to water and oxygen) and sodium carbonate ("soda ash").[1]

    2Na2CO3.3H2O2 ? 2Na2CO3 + 3H2O2 [6]
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So as it breaks down in the tank, the excess oxygen combines with the nasties and gets rid of the smells and the sodium carbonate makes the solution more alkaline which also kills the bacteria.

I used whatever nappy soaker I could get with the highest sodium percarbonate content and never had any issues (but I also claim that my crap doesn't stink anyway). I had our used portaloo bouncing around in the back of the ute in warm weather for 3 days (and I seriously abused it on day 1) and there was no offensive odour when I emptied it. The brown slurry wasn't particularly appealing and I didn't get too close, but it was nowhere near as horrendous as I thought it was going to be.
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« Reply #21 on: March 05, 2016, 04:27:32 PM »
Thanks for that  :cup:

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« Reply #22 on: March 05, 2016, 05:50:04 PM »
I really think it comes down to diet..........................I've tried napisan for local trips and its just ok provided you keep adding the napisan on a daily basis but outside of that its thumbs down for us.................if your lite on the meat and consume more veggies then I think napisan could be ok..............as we travel through a lot of "no fruit fly zones" carrying fresh veggies simply cannot be done, therefore we have a higher protein diet (meat, cheese, eggs, bread etc) intake................hence using Thetford chemicals once off works hands down better in our loo than napisan. Its a case of set and forget.......which I like better.

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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« Reply #23 on: March 05, 2016, 06:04:26 PM »
Hello all you chemical users...Has anyone heard of Biomagic 100% Biodegradable Environmentally friendly and safe product, we have a Thetford Porta Potty that we used for the first time at Nagambie last weekend it was very warm and humid over the weekend and we had no troubles with breakdown or smells, it isnt a chemical based product and it worked well for us.  Maybe you should try it.
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Re: Portable Toilets- what chemicals to use
« Reply #24 on: March 05, 2016, 06:18:14 PM »
Another point is how well the chemical breaks down the paper. Nothing worse than empting the cassette and bits of paper stay stuck inside and when/if it gets caught up in the works on the caravan toilets.
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